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WorksheetsNAVAL SCIENCE 4 - THINKING ETHICALLY
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which statement is correct?
Leaders must not condone or appear to condone unethical behavior
Leaders can condone unethical acts if it does not directly affect subordinates
Leaders must condone unethical acts if their Chain of Command condones them
Which bias(es) are NOT ethical? (Choose all that apply.)
Biases made based on a person's religion
Biases made based on a person's race
Biases made based on a person's gender
What is the reward of doing what is right?
You can live with yourself
Your integrity is never questioned
Both a and b
Neither a nor b
What is a leader's responsibility if they suspect a subordinate is lying?
Report him/her to the SNSI immediately
Ask for clarification
Call them out and demand the truth
Look the other way and ignore
Why is it important to ask for clarification from peers, seniors, and subordinates?
You may not have understood what was said
Your information or interpretation may be faulty
You must not assume they would deliberately lie to you
All of the above
What best describes the word accountability?
Ability to count
Responsible, explainable
Easy, simple
Honest, sincere
What is assumed when a leader observes a subordinate acting unethically but ignores it?
The leader condones the unethical behavior
The leader deliberately allows improper behavior to continue
The leader secretly wants to participate in the activity
Both a and b
What is the best reason to avoid treating subordinates unethically?
Because treating them fairly is the right thing to do
Because they will report you to the Chain of Command
Because it looks good to your seniors
Because your peers will be jealous of you
What is needed for leaders to make sure an ethical work environment exists?
Knowing the shortcuts
Managerial competence
Passive subordinates
Harsh disciplinary rules
True or False: Leaders are expected to know all the laws, rules, and policies governing their personnel to ensure they always know whether their actions are ethical or not.
True
False
What should a leader do if they do not know if what they are doing is ethically correct?
Seek proper guidance
Hide their plans
Act like they believe it is ethical
Do it and ask about it later
You received a computer as part of your duties at work.
What should you do with the computer and any other miscellaneous materials provided to you if you leave your job?
Take them to your next organization to use
Give them to a charity organization for the poor
Leave them with the organization you are leaving
Take them home and use them for yourself
True or False: Ethics and Legal issues are all the same.
True
False
When we commit an offense against others or commit injury or harm to others.
Perception
Bias
Condone
Transgression
You are the Alpha Company Commander. Your best friend is a member of the 1st Platoon, second squad. You tasked the 1st Platoon, Second squad to pick trash behind the bleachers after Iron Bear has concluded. When you go back to inspect, you noticed that your best friend did not do a great job and trash was still there. When you confront him, he tells you "come on man, have someone else do it, cut me some slack."
What is this an example of?
Bias
Favoritism
Peer pressure
Condoning
When is it appropriate to talk negatively about anyone in front of their peers?
Only when they are not present and would not mind
Never, this is never appropriate
When someone else starts talking negatively about them first
When they start talking negatively about themselves
In an NJROTC competition, the scores are so close that one point could mean winning or losing, On the final event, a written test, you got the lowest possible grade without failing. When your instructor was reviewing the test answers, you noticed that he marked one answer correct that should have been wrong. Telling him he made a mistake will cause you to fail and could cause your squad to lose.
What should you do?
Remain loyal to your squad and don't say anything
Inform the teacher of his mistake after the competition is over
Inform the teacher of his mistake, even if it means your squad loses
Don't say anything but make it up later to the losing squad
What is ethics?
system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members
a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
moral principles that govern a person's behavior in doing right or wrong
True or False: Continuously ignoring ethical violations has no effect on command climate.
False
True
Even though people can reasonably tell what is right and what is wrong; why do most people find it hard to make the right decisions?
They know ethics cannot be enforced
They lack integrity
You can get away with things a lot easier
